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postmastectomy

postmastectomy adjective: after a mastectomy.

Adjective

postmastectomy (not comparable)

  1. After a mastectomy.

Origin of postmastectomy

From post- + mastectomy.

Questions about postmastectomy

What does postmastectomy mean?
Postmastectomy means after a mastectomy.
What part of speech is postmastectomy?
Postmastectomy is an adjective.

Words near postmastectomy in the dictionary

  1. postmarketing
  2. postmarking
  3. postmarks
  4. postmarriage
  5. Postmas
  6. postmastectomy
  7. postmaster
  8. postmaster general
  9. Postmaster Generals
  10. postmasters
  11. postmasters general

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